"This~~~" Seeing the performance of the two on the court, the Jazz no longer had the feeling of making a profit, because at this time Li Hao was almost suppressing Exum.
Commanding, dispatching, breakthroughs, assists, three-pointers, Li Hao showed his versatility in front of everyone, while Exum was unable to do anything in defense by Li Hao.
From the time Li Hao came on as a substitute to the end of the first quarter, the Lakers had overtaken the Jazz by 6 points, and all the Lakers' subsequent scores were related to Li Hao.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Exum no longer thought about regaining face from the offense, but worked hard to guard Li Hao. This was the same as Exum's subsequent development, but it was a pity that Exum was injured again.
The failure of the rookies in 2014 to fulfill their talents has a lot to do with injuries. Almost half of the lottery picks were seriously injured at the beginning of their careers, and several even suffered serious injuries when they were preparing to take off.
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Although Exum defended very hard, the Lakers still widened the point difference to double digits. Then the main players of both sides returned and the Jazz launched a counterattack.
However, the Lakers' main players recovered in this game, especially Kobe. After returning to the court, he scored 6 points in a row to curb the Jazz's pursuit of points.
On the Jazz's side, Hayward and Favors performed well, but the two sides were at each other's paces, so the Lakers still led the Jazz by ten points at the end of the first half.
In the third quarter, the Jazz bench ushered in an explosion. Gobert and Booker frequently scored in the paint, and Exum scored 4 points in a row while Li Hao was not playing.
It has to be said that Exum's talent is indeed very good, but it is a pity that the Jazz failed to cultivate it properly, and coupled with various problems of their own, they failed to play out in the end.
Seeing that the score was getting closer, Scott replaced Li Hao on the field, and Li Hao who came on the field did not disappoint Scott. He first held down Exum, who was about to gain momentum, and then assisted his teammates to score one after another, suddenly stabilizing him. situation.
In the end, the Lakers scored in double figures with six points. Kobe, the best performer, scored 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists, followed by Li Hao with 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists, followed by Boozer with 17 points, Randle with 15 points, Jordan Hill scored 11 points and Thackeray scored 10 points.
The Lakers defeated the Jazz 110:102 to win their first victory of this preseason.
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With his wonderful performance in these two games, Li Hao's ranking in the Best Rookie of the Year has been greatly improved. Previously, Li Hao was placed on the candidate list of the Best Rookie of the Year because of a bet between the three giants of TNT. But now, ESPN has updated this list. On the list, Li Hao has already reached the top ten.
The No. 1 and No. 2 pick failed to perform two consecutive games with 20+ points. Li Hao, a second-round pick, did it. If you watch Li Hao's games, you will find that what he does is far more than just scoring.
He can create opportunities for his teammates, he can provide assists to his teammates, and he can make his teammates better.
Li Hao's outstanding performance made O'Neal extremely happy. In front of Barkley and Smith, O'Neal was so complacent, but privately O'Neal had been warning Li Hao that the preseason was not the real NBA.
O'Neal didn't know that Li Hao was not arrogant or complacent, because Li Hao, who had a system, knew very well that he still had a long way to go before reaching the top.
Li Hao is someone who is determined to dominate the NBA. How can he be complacent just because he performed well in the preseason.
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Three days later, the Lakers faced off against the Jazz for their second game at the Staples Center. Since the Lakers had won the first two games, the Lakers were full of expectations for this game at the Staples Center.
However, looking forward to such things is often accompanied by disappointment. The Lakers players who returned to Los Angeles all transformed into old blacksmiths in Los Angeles. After the entire game, only two Lakers players scored in double figures.
The first person to score in double figures was Kobe, who was only 1 point less than the previous game, scoring 26 points, but these 26 points were obtained by Kobe's crazy shots.
The other Lakers players themselves have very low shooting percentages, and Kobe takes up a lot of shot rights. In this situation, the Lakers' scoring is predictable.
Another player who scored in double figures was Li Hao. Li Hao played 26 minutes in this game and scored 13 points. He also sent 4 assists and grabbed 8 rebounds.
Li Hao was given special care in this game, and with the possession of the blacksmith, Li Hao's previous efficiency no longer existed. However, Li Hao set a new record in rebounding. Unfortunately, this record did not help the Lakers win the game.
After losing to the Jazz, the Lakers' preseason win-loss record dropped to 2 wins and 3 losses. The Lakers will play a total of eight preseason games, and their subsequent opponents are the Suns, Trail Blazers and Kings.
The Suns of these three teams are in the rebuilding stage and will not get lottery picks if they don't give up. The Kings are at the bottom of the league all year round.
Moreover, the Kings uniform team has a very poor talent selection vision and does not know how to train new people. The only praiseworthy thing is that the daughter of the Kings boss is very beautiful.
In other words, Li Hao regarded women as dirt. If he were a guy who couldn't walk when he saw a beautiful woman, he would probably have become the king's son-in-law.
The Trail Blazers are a playoff-level team, with Aldridge and Lillard as the core. According to the strength of these three teams, the Lakers are most likely to defeat the Suns and Kings.
However, basketball has never been a sport based on paper strength. The Lakers lost the game against the Suns. The score was 108:114. The Lakers lost the game by 6 points.
In this game, Li Hao once again defeated his opponent, the last player in the lottery, TJ Warren. Facing Warren who was 5 centimeters taller than him, Li Hao could still lock him down.
However, Warren only got 11 minutes of playing time in this game. Under Li Hao's defense, Warren did not score a point, while Li Hao scored 18 points.
Compared with the previous game, the Lakers' performance improved up and down, but they still lost the game in the end. But one day later, the Lakers won the game against the Trail Blazers.
In this game, Kobe Bryant took a rest, Jeremy Lin returned from injury, and the Lakers blossomed again. Wesley Johnson, Thackeray, Boozer, Ellington, and Jeremy Lin all scored in double figures in the starting lineup.
Coupled with Li Hao who came off the bench, Randall scored 34 points together. Li Hao and Randall each scored 17 points. The Lakers defeated the Trail Blazers 99:89.
After defeating the strongest Trail Blazers, the Lakers lost to the Kings, the weakest of the three teams. In the game against the Kings, Li Hao got the chance to start and performed well.
After playing 30 minutes, he scored a near-triple-double of 20 points, 10 assists, and 8 rebounds, but even this almost perfect performance still couldn't help the Lakers win.
Kobe Bryant, who continued to rest, once again allowed Li Hao to play alone. But when Li Hao found that his hand was not very good, he chose a reasonable style of play, which Director Zhang would definitely feel was reasonable when he saw it.
